how to pronounce mediocre

/ˌmiːdiːˈoʊkɚ/

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mediocre is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of mediocre in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you need to be mediocre like us and i …”

meaning of mediocre

Mediocre means average, not very good.

mediocre frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word mediocre occurs in english on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics mediocre can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that mediocre can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;